You can use matchPattern or findString to locate ComponentData . MatchPattern is faster but findString will give the index of the first letter of the …

Yes load order is a pain with complex scripts. I have 3 ways I deal with but all are hacks so any other solutions would be great to hear. Create a …

There is a way of getting the referring object using “somefunction this” in a event handler. I cannot remember the function at this point. I used it a…

That did the trick thanks, I thought had already tried that one but ColorValue was showing as undefined. Looks like I may have needed to include color…

Thanks for the examples but I am talking about the sdk and c++ not maxscript, hence the Value* variable. Example I have a function that I am exposing …

I believe you can get an element from the array and type cast it to type point3 but not sure how. As for the function returning type Value*, just abou…

I believe you cannot do that with an int array, I’m still new to c++ as well so I may be wrong. I would recommend using something like std::vector ins…

a c++ function will be able to take multiple arrays even nested arrays as inputs so that is not a problem. If you can use visual studio max has a plug…

I believe you can pass whatever data you want into the function, keep in mind it will probably be easier if you try to follow c++ rules, like not mixi…

I’ve done a little with the sdk and the best place to start is with the how to’s and tutorials in the sdk docs. What I did and what would be by far t…

Thanks I’ve seen that and have followed it to the letter, but still doesn’t seem to work. Thanks for the link.